BILL NUMBER: ACR 115	CHAPTERED  07/12/00

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER   94
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   JULY 12, 2000
	ADOPTED IN SENATE   JULY 6, 2000
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY   APRIL 27, 2000
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   MARCH 20, 2000

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Nakano
   (Coauthors:  Assembly Members Alquist, Bock, Campbell, Cardenas,
Cardoza, Cedillo, Davis, Dickerson, Havice, Honda, Knox, Kuehl,
Leach, Longville, Lowenthal, Mazzoni, Olberg, Romero, Scott,
Washington, Wildman, and Zettel)
   (Coauthors: Senators Alarcon, Hughes, Johannessen, Karnette,
Peace, and Solis)

                        JANUARY 24, 2000

   Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 115--Relative to the Los
Angeles County Vietnam Veterans Memorial Highway.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 115, Nakano.  Los Angeles County Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Highway.
   This measure would designate that portion of State Highway Route 1
located in Los Angeles County as the "Los Angeles County Vietnam
Veterans Memorial Highway."  The measure also would request the
Department of Transportation to determine the cost of appropriate
plaques and markers showing that special designation and, upon
receiving donations from nonstate sources covering that cost, to
erect those plaques and markers and signs.




   WHEREAS, State Highway Route 1 is a north-south highway, spanning
most of California, from the City of San Juan Capistrano to Mendocino
County; and
   WHEREAS, A portion of State Highway Route 1 passes through Los
Angeles County; and
   WHEREAS, State Highway Route 1 has a strong historical
significance for the military personnel of the Vietnam War era as it
passes beside a significant number of California military bases on
which military personnel were trained and dispatched to Vietnam; and
   WHEREAS, The State of California has the largest United States
veteran population in the nation, comprised of some 3.3 million armed
services veterans and representing 12.3 percent of the nationwide
veteran population of nearly 27 million; and
   WHEREAS, More than 350,000 California veterans served in the
Vietnam War, which resulted in 40,000 of them being wounded and 5,822
killed or missing in action, representing more than 10 percent of
the nation's total casualties; and
   WHEREAS, More California residents died in the Vietnam War than
residents of any other state, and more Californians received the
Medal of Honor, the Bronze Star, and the Purple Heart than veterans
of any other state; and
   WHEREAS, Los Angeles County has the largest number of Vietnam
veterans in California and 1,857 of its residents were killed or
missing in action during that war; and
   WHEREAS, The residents of Los Angeles County wish to express their
gratitude and appreciation for the sacrifices these Vietnam veterans
have made for their country; and
   WHEREAS, It is fitting and proper that State Highway Route 1 in
Los Angeles County be designated as the Los Angeles County Vietnam
Veterans Memorial Highway; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby designates that
portion of State Highway Route 1 located in Los Angeles County as the
Los Angeles County Vietnam Veterans Memorial Highway; and be it
further
   Resolved, That the Department of Transportation is requested to
determine the cost of appropriate plaques and markers, consistent
with the signing requirements for the state highway system, showing
this special designation, and upon receiving donations from nonstate
sources sufficient to cover that cost, to erect those plaques and
markers; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the Department of Transportation and to the author
for appropriate distribution.
